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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
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The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
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World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
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Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
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Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Improving small-scale crop production using evidence-based soils agronomy
06.05.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A rapid and low-cost spectral technique was used to improve farmers’ understanding of their soils,…
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STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR
05.05.20-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…
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Behind the paper: Inland fisheries are a key ingredient to reaching Sustainable Development Goals
05.05.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Where does the fish for your favorite curry, stew, or soup come from? Most often…
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Potatofied innovations: Developing entrepreneurial skills among farmers in Assam
04.05.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
There is, perhaps, no vegetable in the world as versatile as the potato. And farmers…
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Fiscal and monetary responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Some thoughts for developing countries and the international community
05.04.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA Rich countries have introduced massive health and public spending programs …
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Rising market pull for dryland crops prompts move for setting up efficient seed delivery systems
03.04.20-
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Increasing market demand for dryland crops in Kenya and Tanzania owing to IFAD-funded project interv…
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Promoting better agricultural practices of drought-tolerant crops in farming communities
30.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Makueni Agribusiness Ventures is a ten-member farmer group that participated in an AVCD funded good…
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Commemorating 2020 International Women’s Day: Creating an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and equal opportunity
27.03.20-
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
An insightful panel discussion on building inclusive work spaces was the focus of International Wome…
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Participants appreciate the practicality of training in seed procurement
27.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Participants of a training course organized by the Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio (PATS…
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Could agro-ecological approaches be a low-cost alternative towards fall armyworm control for smallholders in Zambia?
27.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Smart Mwape, a 65-year-old farmer in Chongwe, Zambia was surprised to find strange caterpillars as…
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COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses
17.03.20-
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Nov. 2019 in Hubei Province, China, business activity in the…
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ICRISAT and local seed companies to build a seed industry for supply of high performing hybrids to small holder farmers
13.03.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Demand for sorghum and pearl millet as major food, feed and fodder crop continues…
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What ails India’s free trade agreements?
12.03.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing membership in the Reg…
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More than a bank: Rethinking the IADB
10.03.20-
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Second of two parts. Read the first here. As the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) enters it…
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Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future
10.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…
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More than a bank: Reflections on the history of the Inter-American Development Bank
09.03.20-
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First of two parts. In 2019 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) celebrated the 60th annive…
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On this International Women’s Day 2020, ILRI commits to strengthening women’s rights in livestock systems and enterprises
07.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
This International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) i…
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Celebrating the ‘WILD’ (‘Women In Livestock Development’) at ILRI on International Women’s Day—Video
06.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Check out this video short highlighting women working at the International Livestock Research Instit…
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